you have expressed concern about the nsa. explain why you voted against the amendment to pull the funding for these programs? >> no one should misinterpret that vote because i've argued for a long time that we need more transparency, more accountable and more reform at the nsa. i voted against the reauthorization of the patriot act because i thought it was too loosely written and provided too much running room for potential abuse. but my biggest issue is not so much the database itself. it's what standards and what rules apply when nsa officials want to query that database. that important there will be oversight. i've argued we need a reform where, before the nsa can go out and do that, they have to get prior court approval and that in that process, when you go before the fisa court, there be a public advocate, a privacy advocate so distort is not just hearing from the nsa, the court is also hearing from a privacy advocate and then they can make a decision. those are two important reforms that i think we have to make. those a